'Google and Facebook need to be tamed, their garb of 'Investing in India's future' need to be pulled off,' observes Vibhu Arya.
Google is going ahead with a policy revision mandating 30% charge on in-app purchases across all apps on Play Store. This has left developers' community worried about tighter squeeze on their earnings, says Yuvraj Malik.
While players in the financial ecosystem are opening up to the idea of receivables funding for the sector, this market needs a regulator, which a Parliament panel feels only RBI can provide.
Competitive price will face stiff challenge from incumbents such as DD Free Dish
'When you don't have food to eat, will you be worried about the virus or the next meal?'
Beauty technicians and hairstylists in PPEs. Constant disinfection of instruments such as scissors and combs, Disposable neck-wraps and fresh towels. That's what beauty may look like now, reports Amrita Singh.
With a surge in users and transactions in two weeks, payment wallets step up cashbacks to get more users online.
Among other things, taking note of complaints against several Chinese e-commerce players such as Shein, Ali Express etc for sending shipments as 'gifts' to customers in India and avoiding duties, the government has now mandated that all e-commerce sites and apps must have a registered business entity. This will be the importer on record and subject to customs rules, report Subhayan Chakraborty, Neha Alawadhi and Karan Choudhury.
While HackerEarth has clients and developers globally, the US consists more than a third of the revenue stream, and plans to ramp it up to 60 per cent of the total share.
Reliance ADAG, Tech Mahindra among top recruiters at IIM-A
'In the next five years both online and TV viewership will grow and complement each other.'
Despite having the third-largest internet user base in the world, India does not feature in the top ten e-commerce markets
The big breakthrough in e-commerce came in October when the big three of Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal went into an overdrive to win customers and offered pre-Diwali sales with eye-popping discounts.
'If you allow Walmart to operate in India, our manufacturing will finish completely.' 'What will happen to Narendra D Modi's dream then? There will be no Make in India.'
Rising mobile viewership is paving way for online TV subscription.
While brick-and-mortar retailers have been the most vocal in their protests, e-tailers do not seem to be in a hurry.
Squeezing growth prospects in IT services firms and higher compensation in technology centres run by global companies are the two factors driving this trend.
Designers Anita Dongre and Rajesh Pratap Singh's collections at Amazon India Fashion Week Fall 2016.
Mjunction plans ventures for chartering ships and selling tea to businesses.
A roundup of what you can do from the comfort of your couch while sipping on a dalgona coffee in your pajamas.
In the Silicon Valley of India, one can use the cryptocurrency to pay for food, buy bus tickets, order stuff online, and even get a haircut.
If you are serious about your future, here are some MBA programmes and short courses you can consider, advises Arun Jagannathan is co-founder and CEO, CrackVerbal.
Rajneesh Gupta picks instances of sledging which backfired spectacularly.
Ebay will cut around 2,400 jobs this quarter in a bid to improve business efficiencies.
Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing.
'You need to devalue the currency, ignite inflation, which then begins to oil the wheels of the economy.' 'Without that this severe recession is not going to reverse.'
Bharti Airtel is rolling out last-mile connectivity with a target of reaching over 20 mn addressable households in 90-100 cities in the next 3 years
Cos ask US treasury to discuss data localisation norms with Indian officials at all platforms the two countries would meet, including G-20, US-India Strategic Dialogue, and IMF Annual Meet.
With a string of deals with telecom service providers, DTH operators and Bollywood stars, Netflix goes all out to protect its turf in India and fend off competition, says Viveat Pinto.
The US president-elect met Silicon Valley's most powerful executives -- CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk from Tesla, Larry Page and Eric Schmidt of Alphabet -- parent company of Google among others.
The IZO platform provides large business houses to jointly use their private IT network along with public network.
'What matters right now is what I am able to do in these times of distress for the people of J&K.'
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been ranked as the world's best performing CEO.
Readers tell us how they are managing without cash since November 8.
Many of India's fintech entities and banks have stored all their customer data in India; however, many do use foreign servers, for operations, providing services and for data analytics.
These include Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, and Harman International Chairman Dinesh Paliwal.
From PhonePe to Jio, everyone wants to be a Super App but it is still unclear if they will actually work in India.
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Flipkart's value has eroded by a third from a peak of $15.2 billion to as low as $9 billion following several investor markdowns
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